Description |
viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Introduction: engaging African cinema -- "There is no conversation here, my boy": spectral returns of Fanon and Hegel in Bassek Ba Kobhio's The great white man of Lambareńé -- The language you govern in: the rise and fall of the African despot in Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda's Le damier: Papa national oyé and Cheick Oumar Sissoko's Guimba the tyrant -- Nostalgic memories and nomadic spirits: Merzak Allouache's Bab-el-oued and Karim Dridi's Bye-bye -- Allegorizing the quest for autonomy: Cheick Oumar Sissoko's Finzan and Amadou Seck's Saaraba -- Writing the soxual order: Ousmane Semban̊e's Faat Kiné and Ngangura Mweze's La vie est belle -- Cogito must have gone crazy: construction and/as deconstruction of masculinity in Nouri Bouzid's Bent familia and Mufida Tlatli's The silences of the palace -- Keita: the heritage of the griot: economic, social, and cultural organization of ancient Africa -- Crisis in French Africa as hexagonal possibility: globalization a ̀la franci ̧aise -- "There is no trade going on there": tales from the killing fields of the Congo -- Conclusion |
Summary |
"This book offers a transnational and interdisciplinary analysis of 16 Francophone African films studied in the context of transnational conversations between African filmmakers and conventional theorists. It examines black French filmmakers' treatments of a number of cross-cultural themes, including intercontinental encounters and reciprocity, ideology and subjective freedom, governance and moral responsibility, sexuality and social order, and globalization"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- Africa, French-speaking.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Africa, French-speaking.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Africa, French-speaking.
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Culture conflict in motion pictures.
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SUBJECT |
Africa -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001716
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LC no. |
2009010119 |
ISBN |
9780786439621 paperback alkaline paper |
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0786439629 paperback alkaline paper |
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